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I read today this message from a member of INSNA regarding the interest of the French President to find different ways to measure social welfare:

French prexy Nicholas Sarkozy convened a blue-ribbon panel of Nobelish economists to find an alternative to the GNP as a measure of national well-being. They reported this week that the key was to measure “the quality of our social connections and relationships”. He also discovered that immigrants sponsored by kin tend to have better luck in finding jobs, getting started. (via Doug Saunders, “When in need of a happy immigration
policy, it’s all relatives“) Toronto Globe & Mail, Sept 19, 2009